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Through an online survey, we demonstrated variable adherence to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) PPE guidelines among health care personnel (HCP).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Methods:<\/jats:title>CDC guidelines for optimal and acceptable PPE usage in common situations faced by frontline health care workers were referenced to create a short online survey. The survey was distributed to national, statewide, and local professional organizations across the United States and to HCP, using a snowball sampling technique. Responses were collected between June 15 and July 17, 2020.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Results:<\/jats:title>Responses totaling 2245 were received from doctors, nurses, midwives, paramedics, and medical technicians in 44 states. Eight states with n > 20 (Arizona, California, Colorado, Louisiana, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, and Washington) and a total of 436 responses are included in the quantitative analysis. Adherence to CDC guidelines was observed to be highest in the scenario of patient contact when COVID-19 was not suspected (86.47%) and lowest when carrying out aerosol generating procedures (AGPs) (42.47%).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Conclusions:<\/jats:title>Further research is urgently needed to identify the reasons underlying variability between professions and regions to pinpoint strategies for maximizing adherence and improving the safety of HCPs.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1017\/dmp.2021.12","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,1,8]],"date-time":"2021-01-08T05:53:17Z","timestamp":1610085197000},"page":"1331-1333","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["Adherence to Personal Protective Equipment Guidelines During the COVID-19 Pandemic Among Health Care Personnel in the United States"],"prefix":"10.1017","volume":"16","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4968-2869","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Oliver A.","family":"Darwish","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ayushi","family":"Aggarwal","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Mehran","family":"Karvar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Chenhao","family":"Ma","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Valentin","family":"Haug","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Mengfan","family":"Wu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Dennis P.","family":"Orgill","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4053-9855","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Adriana C.","family":"Panayi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"56","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,1,8]]},"reference":[{"key":"S1935789321000124_ref2","article-title":"Use personal protective equipment (PPE) when caring for patients with confirmed or suspected COVID-19","year":"2020","journal-title":"Cent Dis Control Prev Guidel."},{"key":"S1935789321000124_ref4","article-title":"Adherence to personal protective equipment guidelines during the COVID-19 pandemic: a worldwide survey study","author":"Panayi","year":"2020","journal-title":"Br J Surg."},{"key":"S1935789321000124_ref1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"477","DOI":"10.15585\/mmwr.mm6915e6","article-title":"Characteristics of health care personnel with COVID-19 \u2013 United States, February 12\u2013April 9, 2020","volume":"69","year":"2020","journal-title":"Morb Mortal Wkly Rep."},{"key":"S1935789321000124_ref3","unstructured":"3. 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